Spooled yarn.



No. 653,832. Patented July I7, IQINLy E. TYMESUN '51,v B. BRLAND.

A SPOOLED YARN. (Application :filed Aug. 2, 1898 (No Model.)

. @MKM @MM/Q @fifi/Mm@ I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNORS TO THE ALEXANDER SMITH dt SONS CARPET COMPANY,

OF SAME PLACE.

SPOOLED YARN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 653.832, dated July 17, 1900.

Original application filed May 26, 1897,8eria1 No. 638,216. Divided and this application illed August Z, 1898. Serial No.

1 687,'.599\` (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we,EUGENE TYMEsoN and REUBEN BORLAND, citizens of the United States, residing at Yonkers,'in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new andv useful Improvements in Spooled Yarn and Similai- M'aterial, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accom panyiug drawings, forming a part of the same.

In weaving fabrics from dyed yarn in solid colors or in weaving a solid-color portion of any considerable size in figured fabrics the color-matching of the yarn from which the solid-color portions are formed -is a matter of great importance, since a very slight variation in shade of the yarn woven into adjacent portions of -the solid-color fabric will -be noticeable and of course very objectionable.

It has been a matter of great difficulty and expense to secure the proper matching of the yarn in weaving solid colors, since itis practically impossible to dye yarn exactly to a desired shade or to dye two batches of yarn to exactly the same shade, so that it has been necessary to dye and select the yarn with great care to get that which is dyed to a sufcently-good match, and a great portion of the yarn which has been dyed for the solid color desired has necessarily been rejected. This difficulty has been overcome to a great extent in the weaving of the coarser grades of carpet by weaving the carpet with strands formed by combining into ai single strand two ends of yarn, as the strands of yarn in the hank as they come from the dyer are called, each of these ends of yarn in the hank usually being formed of two or more of the strands in which the yarn is spun. These two ends of yarn to form the combined strand or double end in the carpet are matched double in the hanks-that is, so that the two ends combined match the color and shade desired in the fabricand are then treated as a single end in winding from the hanks and weaving thev carpet. Thus one of the ends of the combined strand may be of yarn lighter and the otherend of yarn darker than the shade desired, but` when combined into a double end they will blend together and the difference in shade between the individual ends will not be noticeable, although such as to be very apparent if bound in by a body of warp and weft strands.

being looped about the weft of warp-strands; but they exist also in connection with tufted fabrics of the classes known as pile fabrics, more especially in cut pile fabrics, although to a less degree in uncut pile fabrics, and to some extent in fabrics of other classes woven from dyed yarns, whether tufted or not. In weaving such tufted fabrics by the double-v end method heretofore employed to some extent in coarse fabrics each tuft has consisted of two ends of yarn combined to form adouble end, as above described, and in winding the yarn onto the tuft-spools for such weaving itv has been thenpractice to run two ends of yarn from different hanks together and wind them together onto the bank-spool and then to treat the two ends thus wound on the bankspool as one end or strand in winding from the bank-spools to the loom tuft-yarn spool.

In another application, now Letters Patent No. 626,878, dated June 13, 1899, we have described and claimed an improved woven fabric and method of producing the same in which single ends of yarn are matched in sets to blend to the shade desired in the fabric and the ends of each set then woven into the fabric singly, but contiguons'to each other.

In this improved fabric and method as ap plied to tufted fabrics of the classes above referred to we use tufts formed of single ends of yarn; but the tufts are woven in pairs throughout the row of tufts or that portion of the row that is to form solid-color fabric, so that the two matched tufts of each pair of 2 f i ceases tufts match the shade desired in the fabric, although one tuft of each pair may be a little lighter and the other tu ft of each pair a little darker than the shade desired. t

Asis well known, the tuft-yarn used in such tufted fabrics is slack-twisted and very loose, and in carrying out this method the matched ends of each pair' should' be kept separate from the time they are matched until they are woven into the fabric, so that the two ends of each pair will not become' matted or felted together and may be handled as sepa-' rate single ends in weavin g, while at the same time it is necessary to associate or mark the ends of each pair in some way, so that they shall not be mixed with the ends of other pairs after matching, but certainty shall be secured in the weaving of the ends of each pair into the fabric contiguous to each other. The diiculty of thus retaining the matchedA ends of each pair separate from each other and at the same time `avoiding confusion between the ends of diierent pairs into the desired portions of the fabric is obvious, especially with the large number of dilferent strands used in weaving tufted fabric.

The especial object of the present invention is to secure the convenient and efficient association of the single ends of each pair after matching, as above described, while at the same time preventing the ends from becoming matted or felted together as in the compound strands heretofore used,so as to assure the matched 'ends of each pair being kept together and avoid danger of confusion between the ends of dierent pairs, while the single ends may be handled separatelyin subsequent operations. We secure this result by winding onto a single spool the two ends of yarn from different hanks matched double-that is, as above explained, so that the two ends combined match the shade desired; but instead of runningl the ends together as they are wound onto the spool, as previously in connection with yarn matched double, the ends are kept separate as they are wound onto the spool, and thus wound spirally on the spool with the two ends kept separate, so as to prevent them from becoming matted or felted together, as heretofore, the two ends, preferably, being wonnd spirally and simultaneouly upon the spool, so that they lie side by side in the same layer of yarn throughout the winding of the spool. From a spool thus Wound the ends of the pair may readily be drawn o and treated as separate ends in subsequent operations.

The spools wound from the hanks, as above described, may be used in any desired manner in connection with Weaving; but, preferably, these spools are what is known in the art as bank-spools, from a number of which the yarn is Wound onto a loom-spool, the different pairsot ends being arranged on the loom-spool in the order desired for weaving the fabric. In winding the ends of yarn from the bank-spools wound as above described the ends ot yarn will be treated as separate ends as they are nnwonnd from the bankspools, so as to be wound separately on'to the loom-spools and so that the two ends from each bank-spool containin g a pair of matched ends are wound onto the loom-spool in separate but adjacent zones'or rings, the zones or rings on the leoni-spool thus being arranged in pairs of adjacent zones or rings, the two zones or rings of each pair being of yarn of such shades that although varying they blend into the shade desired in the fabric when woven into the latter singly but contiguous to each other. The loom-spools may thus be wound by hand or any suitable wind-V ing apparatus may be used with the ends on each bank-spool run thro ugh a suit-able .winding reed, so as to be wound separately onto the loom-spools, as above described.

The invention claimed in this application relates to the spool wound spirally with a plurality of ends of yarn, as above described, and while the invention is especially designed for use with single ends of yarn matched double for use in connection with the fabric and method above described, and a specific part` of the invention consists in a spool wound with a plurality of single ends of yarn in the manner dened by the claims, the present invention includes, broadly, a spool similarly' Y wound with a plurality of strands of tuft-yarn or similar loose material which may be used for other purposes. The yarn or similar material may be wound to form the spool of the present invention by hand or by,. winding apparatus of any suitable form, the apparatus vtoe preferably being of the form employing traverse devices for the spool or yarn, so thatthe successive layers of yarn are wound on the spool spirally from opposite ends of the spool as usual in single winding.

For a full understanding of the invention t' a description of a spool of yarn embodying the invention as applied in its preferred form lie in connection with single ends of yarn matched y double, as above described, will now be given in connection with the accompanying drawing, showing such a spool, and the features forming the invention will then be specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing, which is a side view of a spool wound in the preferred manner with the two outer layers of yarn partly broken away to show the construction, A is the spoolproper,

which is shown as of commonform, and B B B3 the three outer layers of yarn thereon, numbering from the outside. of yarn contains the two ends forminga pair of ends of yarn matched double, as above de- Each of these layers scribed, these matched ends B B2 lying side by side in the same layer of yarn throughout the successive layers, but kept separate from each other, so that the matting or felting together of the ends to form a double strand is avoided, and they may be nnwonnd from the spool simultaneously, but separately, and treated as single ends. Y v

Vhile the invention has been described and illustrated in connection with a spoolhaving two ends of yarn wound thereon-that is, two single ends as they come from the dyer and a specific part of the invention consists in such a spool of yarn, it will be understood that three or more ends or other strands of yarn or similar material may be wound on a spool in the same manner, and the invention, broadly considered, includes a spool wound with a plurality of ends or other strands, as defined by the claims. The term spool used herein is intended to include all carriers on which yarn or similar material may be wound, as defined bythe claims. The strands of yarn on the spools may be more or less separated; but it is essential only that they shall be kept separate from each othersuciently so that the ibers of the strands lying side by side shall not unite to interfere with the separation oi' the strands in unwinding and the subsequenthandlin g of the strands separately. 1t will be understood, therefore, that the space shown in the drawing between the two strands is only illustrative.

This application forms a division of our application for United States Letters Patent, Serial No. 638,216, filed May 26, 1897, and now Letters Patent No. 626,878,dated June 13,1899, in which is claimed the fabric and method of producing the same above described. The spool above described having the ends of yarn wound thereon in sets of adjacent zones or rings is fully described and claimed in Letters Patent No. 626,879, dated June 13, 1899,

and apparatus for winding spools embodying` the present invention is fully described and claimed in another application for United States Letters Patent filed simultaneously herewith.

What is claimed is- 1. Aspoolwound with a plurality of strands oi' tutt-yarn or similar material, the strands being wound side by side in successive layers on the spool but separated from each other such a distance as to prevent interlocking of the fibers, substantially as described.

2. A spool wound with a plurality of strands of tuft-yarn or similar material of different shades matched to blend to a single shade, the strands being wound side by side in the same layer of. yarn but separated from each othersuch a distance as to prevent interlocking of the iibers, substantially as described.

3. A tutt-yarn spool wound with two ends of yarn of different shades matched double to blend to a desired shade, the ends being wound spirally and side by side throughout the same layer of yarn but separated from each other such a distance as to prevent interlocking of the bers, substantially as described.

In testimony whereol" we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing,r witnesses.

EUGENE TYMESON. REUBEN BORLAND. Witnesses:

RICHARD EDIE, J r., ARTHUR LAUD. 

